Weekly News 20/02 - 26/02

-(AP 21/2) Philippines: framework of SCS pact possible soon: ASEAN and China could at least complete a framework for COC as early as June. –(PhiliStar 21/2) ASEAN ministers call for continuous South China Sea dialogue -(AsiaTimes 21/2) China on edge as US carrier strike group exercises in SCS: While the Pentagon insists its warship maneuvers – the first under President Donald Trump – are routine,...

20/02/2017

Weekly News 20/02 - 26/02

-(QZ 20/02) China wants foreign submarines to stop traveling below the surface in the vast waters it claims: Beijing is drafting a revision to the nation’s maritime “traffic safety” law…Any foreign submarine would be required to stay surfaced and display its national flag -(Inquirer 20/02) Asean determined to have South China Sea code – DFA: the member states as well as China have been hoping to...

20/02/2017

Weekly News 13/2-19/2

-(Reuters 15/2) China warns U.S. against fresh naval patrols in SCS: U.S. Navy and Pacific Command leaders were considering freedom of navigation patrols in the busy waterway by the San Diego-based Carl Vinson carrier strike group. -(The Washington Post 14/2) Michael Flynn resigns as national security adviser over revelations about his potentially illegal contacts with the Russian ambassador to...

13/02/2017

Military Bases in the South China Sea So Dangerous

In recent years the People’s Republic of China has laid claim to ninety percent of the South China Sea, buttressing this claim by creating artificial islands with dredging equipment.

13/02/2017

Control in the South China Sea

Rex Tillerson, the former ExxonMobil chief who just became the new U.S. secretary of state, might not be causing the same level of global disruption as his boss, President Donald Trump.

13/02/2017

Weekly Bulletin 6/2-12/2

Chinese bank branch on Vietnam’s Phu Lam island is illegal; PLA Navy to conduct far-sea training; US Navy is planning fresh challenges to China's claims in SCS…

13/02/2017

Donald Trump's Huge South China Sea Problem (And What To Do About It)

A critical and early Chinese test of U.S. resolve is likely to come in the South China Sea, where Washington has struggled to respond effectively to assertive Chinese behavior.

08/02/2017

Why China May Have Made a Massive Mistake in the South China Sea

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s comment during his confirmation hearing that the United States would deny China access to its man-made island bases in the South China Sea caused a predictable furor.

08/02/2017

US Policy on South China Sea Hasn’t Changed

U.S. Secretary of Defense Gen. James Mattis said in a Feb. 4 press conference in Japan that the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan applies to the Senkaku Islands, which China claims as its sovereign territory.

07/02/2017

Weekly News 6/2-12/2

-(Channel NewsAsia 10/2) US, China military planes come inadvertently close over South China Sea: The aircraft came within 1,000 feet (305 meters) of each other on Wednesday in the vicinity of the Scarborough Shoal. -(The New York Times 10/2) Trump tells Xi Jinping U.S. will honor ‘One China’ policy, reversing his earlier expressions of doubt about the longtime diplomatic understanding and removing...

06/02/2017